Charmes travel guide
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Visit Charmes: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Charmes is situated in the Allier department (Auvergne region) in the south of France at 373 km from Moulins, the department capital. (General information: Charmes is 316 km from Paris and 552 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Charroux at 14 km from Charmes
Popular places to visit near Charmes: these include Charroux at 14 km and Vichy at 15 km.
Parc du domaine royal de Randan is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 10km and Charroux is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 14km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Charmes, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Charmes
See France This Way travel guides for Allier and Auvergne (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Charmes.
Note that all distances from Charmes shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Charmes holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Charmes (from booking.com and with a great selection of hotels and a best price promise).
For a longer visit popular choices include apartments and holiday rentals. For these we suggest two popular options: holiday villages in France and Allier gites and villas
Tourist attractions nearby
Below we show places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Charmes and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc du domaine royal de Randan (10km) : Parc du château de Blanzat (30km) : Jardins du château d'Opme (40km) : Jardins du château de la Batisse (44km) :
- National Monuments: Chareil-Cintrat Chateau (21km) : Aulteribe Chateau (39km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Charroux (14km) : Saint-Saturnin (48km) :
- Religious monuments: Collégiale Saint-Victor et Sainte-Couronne d'Ennezat (Ennezat) (19km) : Abbatial church de Saint Pierre de Mozac (Mozac) (21km) : Cathédrale Notre Dame de l'Assomption (Clermont-ferrand) (33km) : Basilique Notre Dame du Port (Clermont-Ferrand) (35km) : Eglise de Saint Léger (Royat) (38km) : Eglise Notre Dame (Saint-Saturnin) (48km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Vichy (15km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Riom (23km) : Mozac (26km) : Marsat (26km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Lapalisse (36km) :
- Grand Site of France: Puy de Dome (40km) :
Map of places to visit near Charmes & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Charmes
Canton: Gannat
Arrondissement: Vichy
Department: Allier
Region: Auvergne
Postcode: 03800
Distance to Charmes
from Moulins: 373 km
from Paris: 316 km
from Calais: 552 km
from Nice: 412 km
from Bordeaux: 329 km
from Strasbourg: 439 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 14 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Charmes): Aigueperse, Bas-et-Lezat, Biozat, Chaptuzat, Cognat-Lyonne, Effiat, Espinasse-Vozelle, Gannat, Mazerier, Monteignet-sur-l'Andelot, Montpensier, Poezat, Saint-Genes-du-Retz and Vensat.
Getting here
For driving distances to Charmes from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Charmes